Run Among The Clouds

I learned today that my friends horse passed on. My condolences to the Duncraven family.

Run among the clouds, and rest in peaceful pastures Vermeer.

Picnik Freak

I've lately become a raging addict of Picnik, a website that lets you alter pictures with quirky effects and such.

Here is my Picnik-made Valentine :)

Of Quindecim Reactions and Food Poisoning

As Valentine's Day approaches, a holiday I've never really ever able to get into... I pick up a copy of the Quindecim and reach for the opinion column. To much dumbstruck suprise, a different sort of article appears. Where on the front page an article applauded the new dining hall, a different tone was met on the last. 

Food poisoned by Taqueria. 

No really! Incidentally, I had experienced a similar experience.  I just thought I was getting my pre-period kick to the gut (apologies to anyone male reading this), but as it turns out I am not the only one who cannot handle the mutant mexican food served there.

As a freshman, a serving of tofu at Stimson was bad enough to send me to the hospital with two of my teammates helping me able into the waiting area. The trip resulted in many needle-jabbings and horrified faces from my team captains.

Upon arriving back at Goucher, I got the usual Goucher mini-plague of coughing that I always get, but was unpleasantly turned off by the food: the Taque...no... 'Fauxpotle' food made me want to throw up what I had just ate, Stimson's putrid stench slung to my clothes long after meals of poorly-heated not-well-made-at-all pasta, and Heubeck was all but a crapshoot...much of the food that I probably COULD eat was loaded with nuts. Oh and they don't tell you if there are nuts in it, you sort of have to guess...a fun new game for those of us that cannot eat tree nuts (though peanuts aren't nuts, and are therefore fine). It seems EVERY salad and its mom has walnuts. The granola is packed with nuts. I'm going nuts just typing this in fact.

Similarly, Alice's which held so much promise as the 'hipkidfairtradenotStarbucksStarbucks' has managed to retain its 'ok' status,....although sadly the tuna was messed around with, and the need to know your servers has reached new heights: This is crucial if you get the person that keeps putting hazelnut in the mocha smoothie even though it should NEVER be in a Mocha Breakfast unless asked for. 

So overall,  I LOVE my classes, I LOVE my school....but I, and a number of other students are highly considering dropping our mealplans altogether.

Get to work Goucher.

Food and Vomit

Food should never be vomit-inducing. It shouldn't. But after seeing the changes Goucher has made to our dining hall....sadly that's my only review.

The pasta line is gone, we have a...taco...thing, and the sandwich bar is gone.